A public hearing about the conditional release of convicted serial rapist Christopher Hubbart has been canceled. Hubbart has admitted to raping 40 women around the state between 1971 and 1982, including 26 women in L.A. County.

Christopher Hubbart, known as the “pillow case rapist,” will be headed somewhere other than then Antelope Valley community of Lake Los Angeles but it’s not clear where.

The Los Angles County District Attorney’s Office issued a statement this week that a Dec. 4 public hearing set about the serial rapist being released to a rural Lake Los Angeles address was canceled after the homeowner withdrew the property from consideration.

Hubbart, who was born and raised in Los Angeles County, hasn’t lived in the county since 1972, except when he was paroled to Claremont for two months in 1993. Hubbart has admitted to raping 40 women around the state between 1971 and 1982, including 26 women in L.A. County.

Claremont officials have expressed alarm recently that he might be allowed to settle in their city.

On Wednesday, Assemblyman Steve Fox, D-Palmdale, helped deliver 1,000 letters placed in pillow cases from residents and to the local district attorney’s desk to be processed and turned over to Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Gilbert Brown to show their displeasure.

Brown is the judge who allowed Hubbart, 62, to live at a location in rural Lake Los Angeles. In May, the judge approved Hubbart’s request for a conditional release from custody and determined he would be sent to L.A. County.

Fox said he and others were able to convince the Lake Los Angeles homeowner to refuse to allow Hubbart to live there, but it doesn’t mean he won’t be back someplace nearby.

“It would be up the court” to make the decision, Fox said. “We don’t know when the exact timeline is. But we’re not taking chances. I think freedom and safety demands constant vigilance. So we’re going to continue looking at this and keeping a watchful eye so he’s not in Los Angeles or San Bernardino (county) areas which are in my district. I also have Wrightwood and Pinon Hills and we don’t want anyone dumped there or in the Antelope Valley.”

Claremont City Manager Tony Ramos echoed Fox’s comments and added that when a location is selected, the community would be notified before Hubbart is sent there.

“Obviously, if he comes back toward this way we’re prepared to legally challenge the release of him to Claremont because it’s not a suitable place for him to be released to,” Ramos said Wednesday. “It goes back to we’re a college town. It’s inappropriate to release a serial rapist to a community such as Claremont. Once we get the official word from the DA office or the administrators who have him incarcerated we will determine the next step.”

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office will still take public comments about Hubbart’s release via email or written correspondence through Dec. 29, Guccione said.

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